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Other Toy Lines / Re: Modern Masters of the Universe
« on: September 19, 2020, 01:54 PM »
These look great, always loved me some Roboto. Hopefully the rumors of WM exclusivity being over a little early are true. It has been a mess (at least locally). I was able to get the first wave eventually, but only because I asked someone if they had any and they brought me a set from the back. Still haven’t seen any on the pegs until this week, when our closest store had about 6 each of only He-Man and Skeletor. I found a couple Battle Cats at the beginning, still haven’t seen the Sky Sled at all.

Psyched about what is on the way though. Glad it seems we will be getting a Grayskull. I always regret not biting the bullet to get the Classics version, it seemed so pricey at the time. Since then I’ve ponied up for the Sail Barge though so I guess times have changed.  Just a fun line overall though, hope it continues.

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The Black Series 6" Figures / Re: Target Star Wars Galaxy's Edge 6" Exclusives
« on: August 31, 2020, 01:51 PM »
The only one of these I really want is Hondo, but looks like everything sold out instantly at our store as well. It has been amazing to watch between stuff like these, GI Joe Classified, MOTU Origins, or the NECA Turtle line...how difficult it is to be a collector these days. First world problem, obviously, but it is way more stressful than it should be.

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The Black Series 6" Figures / Re: Exclusive DLX Black Series 6" Cad Bane with Todo360
« on: August 26, 2020, 11:44 AM »
So psyched for this, one of my favorite characters in Clone Wars and it looks like a great figure too. Hopefully we will see a Vintage Collection version down the road as well. Keep hoping Bane will show up in live action somewhere at some point too.

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The Black Series 6" Figures / Re: Black Series 6" Deluxe Zeb Orrelios
« on: August 25, 2020, 06:23 PM »
Quote from: Dave on August 25, 2020, 02:51 PM
Just opened this up. 

Wow, is Zeb and his bo-rifle all kinds of awesome.  The colors really pop.  The articulation is awesome and the figure's balance is great too.  He can easily hold his weapon and get in a variety of poses.

Hasbro nailed this one.  This is probably one of my favorite 6" figs that they've ever done.

Feel the same way, got a chance to open this up recently and was really impressed by it. Such a fun, well done figure. It got me to re-do my Black Series shelves to have the whole (completed) lineup on display. Really too bad that it isn’t a mass retail item (or at least I don’t think it is), because even the casual fan/kiddo could enjoy it.

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Other Toy Lines / Re: Modern Masters of the Universe
« on: August 23, 2020, 08:02 PM »
Got a chance to crack these open this weekend, and man I really love these. Sure, not as detailed as Classics (a tremendous line), but I just love the bright, colorful, and as far as I can tell durable qualities of this line. Plus I think it really hits that nostalgia spot. I sort of miss the times where we could just have fun toys that could appeal to kids and collectors. Everything has gotten so segmented in so many lines today (and I know that’s coming with Masters next year as well), and the collector stuff is great....but just nice to have fun toys out there, that just embrace what they are. Now I continue to hunt for Adam and the Sky Sled, and hope my preorders for Wave 2 don’t get cancelled by WM.

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Other Toy Lines / Re: Modern Masters of the Universe
« on: August 20, 2020, 10:28 AM »
After a wild goose chase yesterday, where WM.com said a store in town (which happens to be the furthest away from where we live) had these in stock...only to talk to three people to finally figure out they were “supposed to” be on the next truck, I had better luck today. A different store which is kind of on an out of the way route home from work, said they had these in stock. I stopped by this morning, and....nothing on the pegs (but two Battle Cats).

I asked an employee here and he said that he thought they got a shipper in, but they hadn’t put it out yet. He asked which I was looking for, and I said “any of them”. He left, and a few minutes later he comes back with an armful of one of each saying “this was all the different ones we had”. It has to be maybe my first positive experience with Wal-Mart as far as getting help, and it is nice to get these in hand. Looking forward to opening them later. Just need to find the Sky Sled/Adam and I’m caught up until Wave 2.

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Joe Defender / Re: GI Joe: Classified 6" Figure Line
« on: August 15, 2020, 07:20 PM »
Was able to snag a Target exclusive Beach Head today, that is a really nice figures. One of my favorite Joes growing up, and done justice well here. Saw a guy right after me buy the other four on the shelf though, so that’s a little disappointing to see. We know these are so tough for everyone to find, maybe just buy one (especially a non army builder) in this go round and see if they show up again if you want more. I’ll optimistically think that he was buying them for three other friends 😉

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Other Toy Lines / Re: Modern Masters of the Universe
« on: August 12, 2020, 05:05 PM »
I’m right there in that Roboto fan club with ya Ben, glad to see he’s on the way (hopefully with spinning gears somehow). I have a couple vintage ones as I played with him so much. For me, the tops in MOTU were He-Man/Battle Cat (my first Masters toys as I recall), Roboto, and Man E Faces. Remember liking Ram Man a lot as a kid, even though he was a different style of figure. For bad guys, Tri Klops, Trap Jaw, and Stinkor.

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Hall of Justice / Re: Batman TAS / New Adventures 6 Inch Line!
« on: August 12, 2020, 05:02 PM »
I’m in a similar boat. I was so excited for this line when it started, as I am such a fan of the show (and style). I kept up with the early waves, but as time went on I had to sort of shuffle this down priority wise as the budget was going elsewhere. I’ve also been going back and picking up figures I missed in the past year or so, and I’m relatively caught up I think. I’ve been prioritizing figures specifically from “the Animated Series” portion, which narrows things down a little. I REALLY considered things like the Batmobile, Batplane, and Batcave w/Alfred at the time of release....but really didn’t know where I would put them. Bummer that it is likely ending now, although I read today there is another couple waves that should hopefully see release. Good run overall though.

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Other Toy Lines / Re: Modern Masters of the Universe
« on: August 9, 2020, 09:15 PM »
New reveals today at the virtual Power Con. Looks like next round of basic figures is:

Roboto
Stratos
Mer-Man
Ninjor

As well as a Deluxe Origins line ($20)

Ram Man
Clamp Champ
Battle Armor He-Man
Battle Armor Skeletor

Also Panthor (and WalMart exclusive flocked version), and Land Shark. Target two pack of Keldor and Kronis. Also back of packages show Mekanek, She-Ra, and Zodac.  Side note, they are also starting a 7” (Classics scale) line called Masterworks, launching next summer. Packaging shows “Revelations” artwork, so maybe based on upcoming Netflix show? Overall, I’m very excited. More great figures and another vehicle sounds rad to me.

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Other Toy Lines / Re: Modern Masters of the Universe
« on: August 7, 2020, 08:37 PM »
Awesome pic, agree completely. Like you, I was all in on Classics for quite awhile. When they started to get to the point where they had finished what I was most familiar with from my childhood, I sort of started dropping off. I grabbed a few things here and there between Mattel and Super 7, but was mostly done with that line (and at the time I thought the franchise).

Which brings me to this line. At first I was asking myself why I was going all in on another He-Man line, when Classics had covered all of this so well before. There is just something about them, like you said. Reminds me of the vintage line, and they just look/feel like toys. I only have Skeletor and Battle Cat so far, but I opened those today and really love them. I hope this line carries on for awhile, and is a hit not just with collectors but hopefully kids as well. Seems like a fun, durable line that you could really create a lot of adventures with.

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Other Toy Lines / Re: Modern Masters of the Universe
« on: August 7, 2020, 10:33 AM »
Quote from: Ben on August  7, 2020, 09:29 AM
Hit the jackpot this morning, scoring all six figures in the first wave.  ;D Found the Minis too, so I got He-Man, Skeletor, and the Slime Pit He-Man.

That is awesome Ben! I’ve been trying to use Brickseek to track these down, but I seem to keep missing them by just a bit. I did manage to get a Skeletor yesterday after work, so now I have Battle Cat and Skeletor. Hopefully they will continually be getting stock in. Nice score!

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Other Toy Lines / Re: Modern Masters of the Universe
« on: August 4, 2020, 10:17 AM »
Quote from: Ben on August  4, 2020, 09:30 AM
Still empty pegs here, but the Star Wars pegs right next to the MOTU setup was bare too, so no surprise there. I did find a pretty good deal on He-Man and Skeletor on eBay, so those are on the way. I probably wouldn’t have caved if there wasn’t a pandemic on.  :P

I’ve been tempted to eBay those two as well, but the prices were too high a few weeks ago. I was kind of hoping “the launch” would have included restocking online as well, especially since He-Man and Skeletor are supposed to be open orders. Empty pegs at our closest store as well, but to be honest I don’t necessarily want to keep stopping there to check either. Hoping they aren’t too tough to get.

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The Bullpen / Re: Marvel Legends
« on: July 31, 2020, 05:09 PM »
Quote from: Diddly on July 31, 2020, 04:30 PM
Had to make a Walgreens run last night and wound up snagging the Walgreens exclusive Moon Knight for Former JediDefender Poster Famine. They also had a few Iron Man 2020s. Haven't been in a WG since last fall searching for the Clone Kenobis that never hit, so it was KIND of refreshing to see new stuff among the mountain of Jyn Erso and Ant Man figures

I’ve been stopping in Walgreens every so often to check for Moon Knight as well, but nothing locally. The shelves are pretty full of Namor and Yellow Daredevils for the most part. I have seen the 2020 Iron Man though.

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Other Toy Lines / Re: Modern Masters of the Universe
« on: July 31, 2020, 05:07 PM »
Actually after I saw your message, I swung by our closest Wal-Mart while out and about. That store had two Battle Cats, but nothing else. Overjoyed to find the Battle Cat though. Really like the packaging on these, haven’t had a chance to open it yet. Hopefully the figures themselves aren’t too tough to find. They seemed to have quite a bit of peg space ready for them at least.

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